IdeaFest: Interdisciplinary Journal of Creative Works and Research from Cal Poly Humboldt
IdeaFest Journal is an annual, peer-reviewed journal that showcases the work of faculty, staff, and students at Cal Poly Humboldt. The journal is an outgrowth of Cal Poly Humboldt’s IdeaFest, a day-long event which celebrates the collaborative research and creative projects of faculty and students from across campus.
The journal is open to all members of the Cal Poly Humboldt community, regardless of involvement in ideaFest events. The two ideaFest Journal deadlines are two weeks after the end of Fall and Spring semesters.
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The Influence of Hiking Trails on Salamanders
Emily M. MacDonald
Approaches to Assessing Nutrient Coupling in Open Ocean Datasets
James M. Moore and Claire P. Till
The Student News Digital Archive at Cal Poly Humboldt
Garrett A. Purchio
Normative Values of College-Aged Men and Women for the 1.5-Mile Test on a Treadmill for Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Eli Baginski, Eden Marquez, and Skye Choi
John Hewston, World War II Veteran: Aircraft Gunner, Mechanic, and Supply Sergeant
Michael H. Pazeian
Design of Possible Organic Photovoltaic Compounds and Their Initial Computational Assessment
Albert Ochoa Castillo and Joshua Smith
Concentration of Heavy Metals in Three Distinct Algae Families from Humboldt County, California
Kodiak E. Miller, Caleb J. Strait, Jacob I. Begorre, Brittney L. Mitchell, and Claire P. Till
Highlighting the Disconnect Between Legislation and Sustainable Cannabis
Johnathon A. Macias
List of Fish Species Present in Galápagos, Ecuador, and California, U.S.A., With Notes on Their Commercial Importance and Conservation Status
Erin J. Hanson and Jose R. Marin Jarrin
Variation in Coastal Macroinvertebrate Species Diversity on Intertidal Boulders in Trinidad, California.
Louis Antonelli, Alexandra Winkler, Theron Taylor, and Natalie Greenleaf
The Effect of Quality of Life on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women
Chavela Riotutar
Exploring the Effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic on Fishing Communities and Fisheries Social Science Research in California
Samantha Cook and Mikayla Kia
California North Coast Vehicle and Human Use Beach Survey of False Klamath Cove
Ruthie A. Maloney and John W. Corbett
Ray Cesaretti: Chosin Reservoir, Korean War
Michael Pazeian
A Clash of Cultures: The Struggle of Native Americans to Participate in Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Science Under California’s Marine Life Protection Act
John W. Corbett and Ruthie A. Maloney
Cannabis Tourism and the Community: Resident Attitudes in Humboldt County, California
Ara Pachmayer, Reed Switzer, and Shawn Reilly
Stepping From Behind the Redwood Curtain: Using a Cultural Wealth Approach to Support Study Abroad at Humboldt State University
Alison R. Holmes, Sam Lipiec, and Ileanna Spoelstra
Combined Use of Data From Avian Surveys Along the Pacific Crest Trail With Biodiversity Repositories to Model Habitat Suitability Throughout Northern California
Holli N. Pruhsmeier, Michael C. McGrann, and Jim Graham
Effects of Redwood Bark and Leaf Leachate on Different Lichen Populations Found Within the Redwood Forest of Arcata, CA
Courtney Michelle Harris and Phoebe Hughes
A Review of the Contributions by Lichen to Building Soil
Eli R. Kallison
Percolation in Carbon Nanotube Networks
William P. Grieder, Will Gannett, and Ruth Saunders
Scaling Resistance with Channel Length for Carbon Nanotube Networks
Cade Freels, Carla Patricia Quintero, Samantha A. Anger, Will Gannett, and Ruth Saunders
Reclaiming Indigenous Women’s Roles in the 21st Century
Crystal Miller
Levine's Marxist Toys
Gary Dean Engle
Preliminary Quantitative and Qualitative Investigations on the Heterogeneous, Irreversible Uptake of Acetone by Titanium(IV) Oxide
John S. André, Natalie Eskandary, Terry Franklin, Emilia J. McCann, Oscar Pascual-Diaz, Gregory M. Pitch, Jesus D. Rincon, Megan N. Wright, and Christopher W. Harmon
Differences in Algal, Gastropod, and Arthropod Coverage Surrounding Pisaster Ochraceus and Other Asteroids in Humboldt County, California
Desa Smith, Jana Lott, Savannah Williams, and Shayan Farzadpour
Exploration of Antiviral Effects of RNA-dependent RNA Polymerases 3, 4 and 5 in Arabidopsis.
Eli R. Kallison, Aleksandra Beric, and Blake Meyers
Analysis of the Variables Affecting Plant Species Richness in Deserts
Eli R. Kallison, Ellen Thompson, Maddison Keen, and Rusty Newman
Influence of Pinus Contorta and Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi on the Presence of Cladonia Portentosa Subspecies Pacifica Within Protected Dune Ecosystems in Arcata, California
Courtney Michelle Harris, Kacia Layman, Jamie Wautlet, Grace Rhoades, and Chris Belko
The Biocultural Trauma Feedback Loop
Michelle Irvine
Mentoring in the Middle Years: Major-Based Peer Mentors and an Experienced-Based Sociology Curriculum
Mary E. Virnoche and Alexis Grant-Panting
Rhetorical Genre Theory and Whiteness
Greg W. Childs
True Injustice: Cultures of Violence and Stories of Resistance in the New True Crime
Marcos A. Hernandez
Tathāgatagarbha and Ātman: Self Where There is No-Self
Aaron Alexander Laughlin
Identification of Mined Areas that may Contribute to Water Quality Degradation at Hobet Coal Mine, West Virginia
Brian P. Murphy
Determining Fire Severity of the Santa Rosa, CA 2017 Fire
John Cortenbach, Richard Williams, and Buddhika Madurapperuma
The Effects of Citric Acid on pH and Nutrient Uptake in Wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum)
Cristina Tusei
Diversity and Abundance of Soil Microbes Differ Along a Forest-Pasture Transect
Hannah Suli, Ashley Schumann, Cleo Bickley, and Jasmine Rodriguez
Responses of Bouteloua eriopoda and Soil Stability to Precipitation Extremes in Chihuahuan Desert Grassland
Laura Kay Sadorf
Evaluating the Effect of Time of Day on Singing Behavior in Anna’s Hummingbirds
Adrian D. Macedo and Maxine R. Mota
Graduate Student Perspectives on Scale and Hierarchy in Ecology
Carolyn Delevich, Adrian Macedo, Claire Nasr, Adrian Bouissou, Sabrina Horrack, Johnny Roche, Joseph Saler, Stacie Nunes, Vladimir Bonilla, Matthew Reilly, and Wesley Hull
Searching for Trends in Atmospheric Compositions of Extrasolar Planets
Kassandra Weber, Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo, Adam Turk, Troy Maloney, and Stephen Kane
Preparing a Database of Extremely High Velocity Outflows in Quasars
Griffin Kowash, Carla P. Quintero, Sean S. Haas, and Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo
Developing a Coastal GIS Model of Sri Lanka to Pinpoint Areas at Risk of Tsunamis
John E. Dellysse and Buddhika D. Madurapperuma
Survey and Map Distribution of English Ivy (Hedera helix L.) at Patrick's Point State Park, California
John W. Cortenbach and Buddhika D. Madurapperuma
Teaching Apportionment
Charles M. Biles
How Many Quasars Have Extremely High Velocity Outflows?
Carla P. Quintero, Sean S. Haas, and Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo
Searching for a Connection Between Radio Emission and UV/Optical Absorption in Quasars
Sean S. Haas, Carla P. Quintero, and Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo
The Consequences of Narrative
Kylie Mosbacher
A Home for Lucille Vinyard’s Lifework in Humboldt State University Library’s Special Collections
Carly Marino, Nicole Martensen, KayCie Voigt, Alexandria Jones, Cathlyn Garibay, Blanca Drapeau, Victoria Bruner, and Kathleen C. Bromley
Exoplanet Research: Differential Photometry for Kepler 6b
Garrett T. Benson and Charlotte Alexandra Olsen
Academic Advising Support for Students on Academic Probation
Kaitlyn N. Stormes and Gregg J. Gold
Sedimentation Risk Assessment Using Satellite and Geospatial Data in Lagoa Feia, Brazil
Ualas B. Rohrer and Buddhika D. Madurapperuma
